Jean stapleton death biography edith bunker
Jean stapleton death biography...
‘All in the Family’: Jean Stapleton and the Death of Edith Bunker Shocked America
UPDATED 8/26/2022
Losing a major character from a weekly television series is not frequently done.
Jean stapleton death biography edith bunker
Oftentimes when it is, it’s either a disaster (i.e. the death of Freddie Prinze and Chico and the Man), it opens up new possibilities for character storytelling (McLean Stevenson was only the first of a number of significant cast departures on M*A*S*H) or proves that an ensemble can carry on without their lead (Roseanne becoming The Conners).
Yet as successful as those examples are, none of them were as emotionally impactful as the off-camera death of Edith Bunker on the All in the Familyspinoff, Archie Bunker’s Place.
All in the Family, of course, was a seminal hit of the 1970s, evolving the way that stories and characters were presented on television thanks to the inherent conflict of conservative bigot Archie Bunker (Carroll O’Connor), his dingbat, but lovable wif